Transforming
Lives
Dangote Group's social licence to operate is built on shared prosperity — creating jobs, developing talent, investing in communities and upholding the dignity of every worker across 17 countries of operation.
Employment & Talent Development
Local Employment
Priority recruitment from host communities and countries. All non-specialist roles filled locally; structured succession plans to replace expatriate expertise with local talent within 5 years.
Skills Training
Dangote Academy delivers 1 million+ training hours annually — technical skills, leadership, digital literacy and safety competencies across all business units and countries.
Graduate Programme
The Dangote Management Associate Programme recruits 200+ graduates per year across engineering, finance, supply chain and operations; 18-month rotation with mentorship.
Diversity & Inclusion
40% female representation in junior and mid-management by 2027; dedicated programmes for women in manufacturing, engineering and STEM across all Group companies.
Worker Wellbeing
Above-market remuneration benchmarked annually; group medical cover for all employees and dependants; employee assistance programmes for mental health and financial counselling.
Industrial Relations
Collective bargaining agreements maintained with recognised trade unions across all major facilities; zero-tolerance for child labour and forced labour throughout the supply chain.
Community
Investment
Dangote Group's community investment model goes beyond philanthropy — it creates lasting economic multipliers by developing local infrastructure, supporting small enterprises in the supply chain and enabling communities to participate in the industrial economy.
Each major facility operates a Community Development Committee (CDC) that channels annual investment into education, healthcare, water, roads and livelihoods — co-designed with community leaders and government partners.
The Aliko Dangote Foundation complements operational community investment with a broader social mandate — see the Foundation page for programmes in nutrition, education, economic empowerment and disaster relief.
Local Content Strategy
All Nigerian-registered suppliers evaluated first for goods and services of equivalent quality. Procurement from international sources only where local capacity genuinely does not exist.
Annual Supplier Development Programme qualifies and up-skills local vendors — providing access to finance, technical training and Group tender opportunities.
Dangote Flour and Sugar have backward-integration programmes that source over 60% of raw material from Nigerian smallholder farmers and cooperatives, creating stable off-take markets.
Obajana Plant 5, the refinery and fertiliser plant expansions used 70%+ Nigerian construction subcontractors — embedding skills and capital in the local economy.
Dangote Packaging supplies Group companies with locally manufactured woven bags, reducing import dependence and creating a vertically-integrated manufacturing ecosystem.
Joint ventures and technology licensing agreements include mandatory skills transfer and IP access provisions that build long-term domestic industrial capability.
Human Rights Framework
UN Guiding Principles
Operations aligned to UNGPs on Business and Human Rights — human rights due diligence conducted for all new operations and material supply chain relationships.
Zero Child Labour
Strict prohibition of child labour in all operations and supply chain. Supplier Code of Conduct includes enforceable child labour prohibition with audit rights.
Forced Labour Free
No forced, bonded or compulsory labour anywhere in the Group or supply chain. Workers may terminate employment with reasonable notice at any time.
Non-discrimination
Equal opportunity employment regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability or nationality. Harassment reporting mechanisms with external hotline.
Security & Rights
Security personnel trained in human rights principles; use of force policy aligned to Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
Grievance Mechanism
Community and worker grievance registers at every facility; independent ombudsperson accessible by phone, SMS and web form in local languages.
Social Targets
| Target | Goal | Progress |
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| Women in Leadership Positions | 30% |
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| Local Employment (Pan-African Plants) | 90% |
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